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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, YES. BIC Classification: BGL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 26 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 479. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002172
ISBN
9780340752395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The protagonist of this novel is a 15-year-old North London schoolboy called Gabriel. He is forced to come to terms with a new life, and use his gift for painting in order to make sense of his world, once the equilibrium of the family has been shattered by his father's departure. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0002232
ISBN
9780571209293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose invention of moveable metal type was to change the written word for ever and alter the course of history itself. Johann Gutenberg died 60 years later, robbed of his business, his printing presses and, so he thought, of his immortality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002258
ISBN
9780701169657
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sir Alexander Haye, zoologist and TV personality, goes to Mannar to acquire an elephant for London Zoo. Procuring a mother and calf, the task of escorting them falls to his twin brother, Max, who delivers them to their fate and then returns to his sanctuary. Malaria overcomes him and he plunges into fever and hallucination. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002344
ISBN
9780099283348
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Gathered together yearly for Harry's "false birthday", Ben and his chums areused to waking up in unfamiliar towns and strange moods. This time however, Harry is approaching 40, and his mind has tended firmly towards the unresolved past. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New Edition
SKU
KSS0002384
ISBN
9780099759812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this collection of stories, Kureishi chronicles the loveless, the lost and the dispossessed. They represent the frustrated and intoxicating, the melancholic and sensitive, capable of great cruelty and willing to break constraints of an old life to make way for the new. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002396
ISBN
9780571203918
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'A subtle examination of innocence and guilt' (Observer). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 106. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002423
ISBN
9780340562314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A dramatic novel about a tragedy in Australia in 1984 which had its roots in Eastern Europe and World War II. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
KSS0002426
ISBN
9780340394595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An astonishing literary debut centred around four students as they apply to medical school, qualify as doctors and face the realities of working in medicine, from a powerful new voice in fiction. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002920
ISBN
9780007263813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * A penetrating new novel about the burden of celebrity and the making of American myths and heroes by one of America's bestselling writers * 'Updike is one of the very few people who are among Oates's peers' - TLS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003024
ISBN
9781860497704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Sunday Times bestseller - an intensely moving and beautifully written new novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders and Waterland Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003064
ISBN
9781471155246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Stories of searching, desire and grief that radically rewrite the South African experience from the perspective of a diaspora generation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0003077
ISBN
9781908276445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A girl can't do without them! Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003134
ISBN
9780755332496
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The third novel in the London-based Corduroy Mansions series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street Series: Corduroy Mansions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123851
ISBN
9780349123851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; YXF. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 138 x 206 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200424
ISBN
9780811200424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Persea Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780892554652
ISBN
9780892554652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The best of Keith Waterhouse in the Daily Mail Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444753936
ISBN
9781444753936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. If he's the one.. how will I know? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
KTM0006202
ISBN
9780755307593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Devil Wears Prada in this hilarious tale of what happens when a girl discovers her boss really is a bloodsucking bitch.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340933961
ISBN
9780340933961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Charlatan, Presleyite and local radiovangelist, O'Reilly is a man haunted by the childhood ghosts of his father's sinister radio set.. a false prophet destined for a terrible consummation with that old, evil river. This book tells the story of Enoch O'Reilly, the great flood that afflicts his small town. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571286768
ISBN
9780571286768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Everything is set for the perfect wedding - until the bridegroom calls it off with just two weeks to go.. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755329984
ISBN
9780755329984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Luis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811221801
ISBN
9780811221801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Abu-Zeid, Kareem James. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222860
ISBN
9780811222860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. 'Tinkers' is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation to the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184 191pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099538042
ISBN
9780099538042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

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